five-year-old
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- noun
- /ˈfaɪv jɪr oʊld/
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niño de cinco años
- During the birthday party, the five-year-old blew out the candles on his cake.
- a five-year-old child
- five-year-old son
- five-year-old boy
Examples
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I have a toddler and a five year old and a dog.
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What advice would you give to your five year old self?
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OK, so now this five year old is still talking to E.
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We were and I was five years old once as well.
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I knew him when I was five years old.
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My father left us when I was five years old.
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The throne would now be inherited by a five year old child.
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Claire, you've been playing piano since you were five years old.
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And I was born in Moscow and I came to the United States when I was five years old and settled in New Jersey with my family.
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Participants were the 18 five-year-old children in a classroom in a preschool.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
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A child or teenager who is not yet an adult
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A young child
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A young child
How Old
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Five-year-old is made of five, year, and old, and together they say 'five years old'. A helpful image is a child with five candles on a birthday cake, which is why the word means a person or thing that is five years old.